I just had ‘Hooked on a Feeling,’ I was selling records and I was kind of right there. “I just started working with Mister Bacharach and just going by his apartment and we’d go through songs and within the first couple of months the bicycle scene came up for Butch Cassidy. The opportunity to work with one of the most successful songwriting collaborations was too good to pass up. But the owner of Scepter, Florence Greenberg, came to me and said, “BJ, would you move up to New York City? Because if you do I think I can get you a session with Burt Bacharach and Hal David.” “I loved Memphis and I was pretty much rockin’ down there. Not long after Thomas’ hit recording, it was time for a change. Man about town: This ad for another one of Thomas’ hits appeared in the Jissue of Record World “That’s one of the classic guitar rides.” Eventually, when he played the fade-out, he played what Chips wanted and Chips spliced that up as the instrumental. But it was not like a rock and roll record, you know. He had it on the intro but when he did the instrumental, he played a kind of 18-bar Ravi Shankar kind of thing, which I wish I had a tape of it… it was incredible. Chips said, ‘Let Reggie really fire the thing up.’ It took a while for him to catch the grooves. “Reggie Young, of course, was the guy who played it. And also Gamble and Huff were using it in Philadelphia. “We knew the Beatles were using it and, of course, we were all huge fans of theirs. Thomas is asked how the prevalent use of sitar in the recording came about. In ’68, they recorded “Hooked on a Feeling.” There’s Thomas’s magnificent vocal and that gorgeous instrumentation. Tommy Cogbill, who produced “Angel of the Morning” with Moman, played rhythm guitar and acoustic guitar. Bobby Woods was on piano, Bobby Emmons played organ, Mike Leach was the bass player and Gene Chrisman was the drummer. “He eventually became the most-recorded guitar player in music history,” says Thomas proudly. The core team was guitarist Reggie Young. They cut 20 percent of the pop chart for two years running. They were equally as good as the Wrecking Crew or Motown’s. That American Studio group was one of the greatest bands of all-time. He and I were like brothers we made a lot of hits together. Thomas with a fan, NYC, 2017 (Photo: © Greg Brodsky) John Mayall Interview: A Chat With the British Blues Legendī.J.Yes, There Really Is a Book Titled ‘How David Lee Roth Changed the World’.The Mamas & the Papas’ ‘Creeque Alley’: Behind the Song.George Harrison ‘Cloud Nine’: Back at the Top.Scott Kempner, Founding Member of NYC Bands The Dictators and Del-Lords, Dies.Paul McCartney Begins 2023 Brazil Dates With Surprise Club Show.When TV’s Gomer Pyle Sang ‘Blowin’ in the Wind’.Shane MacGowan, Pogues Singer, Dead at 65.1979: The Year in 50 Classic Rock Albums.‘I Can’t Go For That’: The Daryl Hall Lawsuit Against John Oates.‘Meet the Parents’ Prayer Scene: Day by Day… by Day….Steely Dan Catalog Vinyl Reissue Campaign Continues.Fans Embrace Rolling Stones ‘Hackney Diamonds’ 2024 Tour.‘More Cowbell’: How Blue Öyster Cult Came to Be.Styx and Foreigner Set 2024 Tour, ‘Renegades & Juke Box Heroes’.Peter Frampton Continues Return to Performing With 2024 Tour.National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation: Ah… Family!.Tom Werman on Producing Mötley Crüe, Poison and Twisted Sister.Peter Gabriel Caps Busy Year With Release of ‘i/o,’ His First New Studio Album in 2 Decades.
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